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[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianpicturespr00malcuoft#page/182/mode/2up “The Kolar Gold-Fields” | The '''Kolar Gold Fields Battalion''' were an [[auxiliary regiment]]. | ||
[[Category: Auxiliary | |||
==Chronology== | |||
*'''1903''' formed as the '''Kolar Gold Fields Volunteer Rifles''' (possibly, tbc) on 23rd January from a detachment of the [[Bangalore Rifle Volunteers]]<ref name=Jack /> | |||
*'''1917''' became '''43rd Kolar Gold Fields Battalion''' on 1st April<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref> | |||
*'''1920''' redesignated on 1st October as the Kolar Gold Fields Battalionref name=Jack /> | |||
==Details== | |||
'''By 1940:'''<ref name=Jack /> | |||
*Uniform - Khaki | |||
*Badge - Crossed pickaxe and hammer in circle superscribed "The Kolar Gold Fields Bn", all surmounted by crown | |||
==Notes== | |||
<references /> | |||
==External links== | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianpicturespr00malcuoft#page/182/mode/2up “The Kolar Gold-Fields”] ''Indian pictures and problems'' p182, Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm (1907) Archive.org, briefly mentions the corps of Volunteers | |||
[[Category: Auxiliary Force (India)]] | |||
Revision as of 21:50, 6 April 2010
The Kolar Gold Fields Battalion were an auxiliary regiment.
Chronology
- 1903 formed as the Kolar Gold Fields Volunteer Rifles (possibly, tbc) on 23rd January from a detachment of the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers[1]
- 1917 became 43rd Kolar Gold Fields Battalion on 1st April[1]
- 1920 redesignated on 1st October as the Kolar Gold Fields Battalionref name=Jack />
Details
By 1940:[1]
- Uniform - Khaki
- Badge - Crossed pickaxe and hammer in circle superscribed "The Kolar Gold Fields Bn", all surmounted by crown
Notes
External links
“The Kolar Gold-Fields” Indian pictures and problems p182, Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm (1907) Archive.org, briefly mentions the corps of Volunteers